Integrated circuits are expensive to manufacture and it is important to verify the correct
operation of a circuit before fabrication. Efficient, though accurate, parameter extraction
of post-layout designs are required ...

Speech is the primary and most natural means of communication between human beings.
With the rapid spread of technology across the globe and the increased number of personal
and public applications for digital equipment ...

This thesis relates to the successful development of an unmanned terrestrial
vehicle (UTV) capable of operating in an obstacle ridden environment. The
primary focus of the project is on the specific path planning algorithms. ...

The open-ended coaxial probe is revisited as a broadband measurement system for general
high frequency permittivity measurements. Three coaxial probes were developed
that are suited for the measurement of both liquids ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The objective of the thesis is the development of a phase noise measuring system that makes
use of crosscorrelation and averaging to measure below the system hardware noise floor.
Various phase noise ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The field of topic spotting in conversational speech deals with the problem of identifying
"interesting" conversations or speech extracts contained within large volumes of speech
data. Typical applications ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The physical optics (PO) approximation is often used in asymptotic, electromagnetic scattering analysis to calculate the induced current on a perfectly conducting surface, represented by a mesh. The ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Unshielded distribution lines has a poor performance during lightning activity. Lightning
initiates flashovers between the phases and earth and causes line breakers to trip several
times during a ...

Position calculation of mobile objects has challenged engineers and designers for years
and is still continuing to do so. There are many solutions available today. Probably the
best known and most widely used outdoor ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The focus of this thesis is position sensorless control of a transverse-laminated reluctance
synchronous machine. Rotor position information is required for high-performance closedloop
control of the ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Current global trends in government, industry and popular OpInIOn indicate that
recycling will become essential in the future. Vacuum pyrolysis is a new technology
with many recycling applications that ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis presents results of a study on the small-signal stability of a single-machine
infinite-bus power system. Conditions of generator loading and network impedance are
identified that require ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The versatility of power electronic converters has made them a dominant force in the current
electrical and electronic engineering industry. So too industry presents a wider range of
applications, forever ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The use of model predictive control in power electronics has increased significantly in recent years. More specifically, the so-called direct model predictive control methods are primarily considered for ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Wi-Fi Direct is a recent expansion to the very successful 802.11 Wi-Fi technology.
According to Wi-Fi Alliance, Wi-Fi Direct is being broadly adopted, among others by Google’s Android (since version 4.0 ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the theory of precision satellite orbit propagation and satellite
lifetime prediction and lead to the development of two necessary software tools for
analysis in these fields. ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A frequency domain Power Line Carrier (PLC) simulation program, with the
ability to simulate signal attenuation including the coupling equipment, was
developed. This simulation program was put to the ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates the viability of constructing a solid-state transformer (SST) with
a series-input, parallel-output connection of full-bridge, three-level
ying-capacitor converters.
It focusses ...

This thesis presents the design of a control system for the autonomous
precision landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle aided by an infra red
camera for precision position measurements.
An optimal kinematics state estimator ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Energy efficiency and the move to renewable energy resources are of vital importance in
growing profitable and sustainable economies. In recent years, greater emphasis has been placed
on institutions, ...